Persian Sufi Poetry

aks-e-ruu-e-tuu chuu dar aa.iina-e-jaam uftaad
aarif az partav-e-mai dar tama.a-e-KHaam uftaad

Hafiz

sher

aa.iina dikhaayaa to kahaa aa.iina-ruKH ne
aa.iine ko aa.iina dikhaayaa nahii.n jaataa

Purnam Allahabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

'ajab aa.iina-e-husn-e-mustafaa hai
ki jalva apnii suurat dekhtaa hai

Ansaar Allahabadi

Ghazal

vahii suurat vahii KHud aa.iina hai
nazar yaa.n diid me.n hairat-zada hai

Watan Hyderabadi

sher

hu.aa kyaa pa.Daa aa.iina beach me.n
ye thaa kaun kis se la.Daa.ii hu.ii

Riyaz Khairabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

aa.iina-e-diidaar-e-KHudaa ruu-e-mohammad
aur maa'nii-e-vallail hai.n gesuu-e-mohammad

Khalil Safipuri

Kalaam

mai.n aa.iina huu.n shaKHs aur 'aks tuu hai
mai.n Gaa.eb huu.n tuu tire hii ruu-ba-ruu hai

Watan Hyderabadi

Ghazal

us ke aa.iina-ruKHsaar ko dekhaa mai.n ne
ai mohabbat tire me.ayaar ko dekhaa mai.n ne

Maikash Akbarabadi

sher

zindagii hai ma.asiyat kaa aa.iina
phir bhii us par naaz kuchh hai to sahii

Sadiq Dehlvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

sadqe tire aa.iina-e-hastii ko nikhaaraa
qurbaan tire gesuu-e-fitrat ko sa.nvaaraa

Mahirul Qadri

Sufi Proverb

na har ki aaina saazad sikandarii daanad

Not everyone who makes mirrors knows Alexandrian ways.

Oral Tradition

sher

merii hastii hai aa.iina tere ruKH kii tajallii kaa
zamaane par ayaa.n terii haqiiqat hotii jaatii hai

Sadiq Dehlvi

sher

aa.iina dil kaa un ke muqaabil nahii.n rahaa
ab ye charaaG raunaq-e-mahfil nahii.n rahaa

Mukhtar Badayuni

Ghazal

ai dil ba-giir daaman-e-sultaan-e-auliyaa
ya.anii husain ibn-e-alii jaan-e-auliyaa

Aasim Zainabi

sher

us ā.īna-rū ke ho muqābil
ma.alūm nahīñ kidhar ga.e ham

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Naat-o-Manqabat

husn-e-zaat-e-kibriyaa kaa aa.iina kaliyar me.n hai
mustafaa taiba me.n 'aks-e-mustafaa kaliyar me.n hai

Ameer Bakhsh Sabri

sher

banaa kar kufr ko aa.iina suurat dekh iimaa.n kii
sanam kii shakl me.n jalva-kunaa.n allaah hii allaah hai

Watan Hyderabadi

sher

masarrate.n bhii hai.n ai 'barq' Gam kaa aa.iina
sukuun ko bhii to ham iztiraab kahte hai.n

Barq Warsi

sher

masarrate.n bhii hai.n ai 'barq' Gam kaa aa.iina
sukuun ko bhii to ham iztiraab kahte hai.n

Barq Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

e.ajaaz numaayaa.n hai aa.iina qudrat kaa
a.alam nazar aataa hai kasrat me.n bhii vahdat kaa

Masood Lakhimpuri